Dumping on the dump Page 3 Comp planning in the works Page 5 Local scene meets silver screen Page 15 By Terray Sylvester Sopris Sun Staff Writer he stakes appear to be climbing higher for a piece of dis- puted town property that’s been called the Carbondale Island. Glenwood Springs resident Owen Minney says he’s consid- ering putting in an offer to buy the 17-acre parcel, which is cur- rently embroiled in a lawsuit between the town of Carbondale and adjacent landowners. Minney has just begun talking to the various stakeholders in the property, but he said he’s thinking of offering $500,000 for the land, which consists of an island and some shoreline on the south side the Roaring Fork River near Planted Earth and the Highway 133. It was donated to the town in 1981. “I think I have enough interest generated that it’s worthwhile to at least move forward and meet with the players,” Minney said. “I think this could be a real positive thing for everybody concerned.” Minney said he learned of the island property when it began making headlines during the week of March 15, after the Car- bondale Town Trustees disclosed they were considering selling it to settle a title dispute with Michael Stahl and Thomas and Mary Beth Joiner, whose properties appear to overlap with the town land. As part of the settlement, the town would sell the land for $100,000, but Minney said he thinks the parcel is worth more than that. “Seventeen acres on the Roaring Fork, I mean, think about it,” he said.“I only had twelve acres at Emma and that went for $3.4 million.” If his proposal does hold water, this won’t be the first time a local land deal involving significant public interest has carried Minney into the public eye. In the mid-1990s Minney purchased the historic Emma Store buildings near Basalt. Pitkin County eventually bought the buildings for preservation purposes in 2008 for $2.65 million. (Minney asserted the property was worth $750,000 more, a sum he essentially contributed by selling the land for less.) During the negotiations with Pitkin County Minney several times threatened to raze the historic structures, but in an inter- view with The Sopris Sun early this week he claimed he never intended to destroy the buildings. The brinkmanship was a ploy to get the public to pay attention, step up, and protect a piece of local history. “I could never have taken those buildings down,never ever,” Minney said. Minney, 67, now lives outside of West Glenwood.An entre- preneur who has been involved in real estate, restaurants and building boats, he says he also enjoys canoeing and described CARBONDALE ISLAND page 7 T Kirk Kaden and other Roaring Fork High School students were out prepping the school’s garden under cloudy skies and cool breezes last Friday. Inside the adjacent grow dome, where the temperature and humidity both seemed to be in the 70s, other students were transplanting plants. Photo by Lynn Burton Sopris Sun the Carbondale’s weekly, non-profit newspaper Volume 3, Number 7 | March 31, 2011 Glenwood resident may put up $500K for island parcel
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Dumping on the dumpPage 3
Comp planning in the worksPage 5
Local scene meets silver screenPage 15
By Terray SylvesterSopris Sun Staff Writer
he stakes appear to be climbing higher for a piece of dis-puted town property that’s been called the CarbondaleIsland.
Glenwood Springs resident Owen Minney says he’s consid-ering putting in an offer to buy the 17-acre parcel, which is cur-rently embroiled in a lawsuit between the town of Carbondaleand adjacent landowners. Minney has just begun talking to thevarious stakeholders in the property, but he said he’s thinking ofoffering $500,000 for the land, which consists of an island andsome shoreline on the south side the Roaring Fork River nearPlanted Earth and the Highway 133. It was donated to the townin 1981.
“I think I have enough interest generated that it’s worthwhileto at least move forward and meet with the players,” Minneysaid. “I think this could be a real positive thing for everybodyconcerned.”
Minney said he learned of the island property when it beganmaking headlines during the week of March 15, after the Car-bondale Town Trustees disclosed they were considering selling itto settle a title dispute with Michael Stahl andThomas and MaryBeth Joiner, whose properties appear to overlap with the townland.
As part of the settlement, the town would sell the land for$100,000, but Minney said he thinks the parcel is worth morethan that.
“Seventeen acres on the Roaring Fork, I mean, think aboutit,”he said.“I only had twelve acres at Emma and that went for$3.4 million.”
If his proposal does hold water, this won’t be the first time alocal land deal involving significant public interest has carriedMinney into the public eye. In the mid-1990s Minney purchasedthe historic Emma Store buildings near Basalt. Pitkin Countyeventually bought the buildings for preservation purposes in 2008for $2.65 million. (Minney asserted the property was worth$750,000 more, a sum he essentially contributed by selling theland for less.)
During the negotiations with Pitkin County Minney severaltimes threatened to raze the historic structures, but in an inter-view with The Sopris Sun early this week he claimed he neverintended to destroy the buildings.The brinkmanship was a ployto get the public to pay attention, step up, and protect a pieceof local history.
“I could never have taken those buildings down, never ever,”Minney said.
Minney, 67, now lives outside of West Glenwood. An entre-preneur who has been involved in real estate, restaurants andbuilding boats, he says he also enjoys canoeing and described
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Kirk Kaden and other Roaring Fork High School students were out prepping the school’s garden under cloudyskies and cool breezes last Friday. Inside the adjacent grow dome, where the temperature and humidity bothseemed to be in the 70s, other students were transplanting plants. Photo by Lynn Burton
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Glenwood residentmay put up $500Kfor island parcel
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LettersNo bull on the Village
Editor’s Note: In the March 3 edition,we asked readers to choose from a list ofpotential article topics on the proposed Vil-lage at Crystal River Development.The fol-lowing letter was written in response to thequestion, “For much of the year the prop-erty is used as cattle pasture. Isn’t it againstthe town ordinances to keep livestock in-side the town limits?” We ran a correctionrelated to this question in the March 24 edition.
Dear Editor:No. That irrigated land east of the Col-
orado Rocky Mountain School barn iszoned open space, belongs to CRMS, andis not part of the VCR proposal. And thatmeadow on the north side of West MainStreet, across from homes in Crystal Vil-lage? Also zoned open space, not p artof the VCR proposal. The Village at Crys-tal River would extend no farther up High-way 133 than the Roaring Fork Co-op, andno farther west on Main Street than Clad-daugh’s Pub.
I guess I should not be surprised thateven the Sun is confused about the size ofthis proposed shopping center. Years ago, Itried to convince another local journalist(very well-informed on most things) thatthis green hay field east of the CRMS barnwas not part of the development, and hedidn’t believe me. Since his newspapernever corrected their mistake, the myth isperpetuated.
It makes me sad that so many of myfriends and neighbors spend so much en-ergy fighting (on both sides) about a devel-opment proposal that they don’t fullyunderstand. Especially now that the attackshave become personal attacks against well-intentioned people who just happen to havean opinion opposed to yours.
It is sad that we have become so fearfulabout the motives of our neighbors and ourelected officials. The latest evidence is theoutrage about how the town handled thenegotiations with Tom and Mary BethJoiner and Michael Stahl. People I’ve talkedto are convinced that the proposed settle-ment is a done deal, concocted in secret sothat no public input would be allowed. I
even saw an e-mail that suggested it waspart of a plot to build a big box at the La-Farge gravel pit!
We could all help to restore civility lo-cally by trying to remember that we eachhave the best interests of our community atheart, even when we disagree about howbest to achieve them.
Nancy SmithSatank
Hemmen conscientious, caringEditor’s Note: This letter was also ad-
dressed to the Board of Education of theRe-1 School District. The Sopris Sun re-ceived 19 letters in support of Sonya Hem-men, but due to space constraints we areprinting only a few.
Dear Editor:I am writing in support of Sonya Hem-
men Principal of Glenwood Springs Ele-mentary School.
I have known Sonya Hemmen for 11years – we are neighbors. I have seen heract during her career in administration inthe RE-1 school district as a conscientious,caring professional that undoubtedly putsthe students of this district above all else.There is nothing that Sonya Hemmenwouldn’t do to support her students inearning the best education available. Shehas proven that time and time again. Noteher recent award of the Title 1 Improve-ment Grant totaling $150,000 for herschool as one of her most recent accom-plishments in bettering the quality of edu-cation at GSES.
I implore you to reinstate principalHemmen to her position at GSES for thebenefit of its students, teachers and thecommunity of Glenwood Springs.
Jo BershenyiGlenwood Springs
Hemmen a gift to the communityEditor’s Note: This letter was also ad-
dressed to the Board of Education of theRe-1 School District.
Dear Editor:Over the past three days I have talked
with some of you via telephone while oth-ers failed to return my calls. Therefore, Iwould like to formally address my concernsregarding the treatment of Principal Hem-men to all of you in writing. During mythree terms as Mayor of Glenwood SpringsI have had the opportunity to visit Glen-wood Springs Elementary School on nu-merous occasions at the invitation of Ms.Hemmen and her faculty. In every case as Iwould walk the halls of the school with Ms.Hemmen we would be greeted by smiling,happy and inquisitive children. Whether Iwas addressing classes at the school or con-ducting tours of city hall, I was constantlyaware of the culture for learning that is cre-
ated within this school and exemplifiedthrough the students’ curiosity and interac-tion with me as a visitor. I give great creditto the teachers of this outstanding schoolbut also must point out that this would notbe the case without great leadership. SonyaHemmen's leadership is clearly a necessarycomponent to the success of both theschool and its students.
The cultural and demographic diversityof the school is also evident to anyone whospends time there. While this may certainlyprovide challenges with regard to testscores, I can think of nothing that will gofurther to prepare children for life in thereal world. I and other members of ourcommunity find it insulting that GSES is re-ferred to as “the ghetto school” by thosewho seem to place shiny new buildingsabove the quality of the people who actu-ally facilitate learning. Ms. Hemmen andher staff continue to do more with less thanprobably any other school within the Roar-ing Fork district.
I and other members of the GlenwoodSprings community consider Sonya Hem-men a true gift to our community and areoutraged at the possibility that her job is injeopardy. I have never heard a single nega-tive comment about her from a child, par-ent or citizen of our community. What I amconsistently told is that she devotes count-less hours of her own time and energy tobetter the lives of each of the children whoare enrolled at GSES. Please consider theimpacts of your actions not only on thiswonderful and dedicated woman but alsoon the children who continue to benefit sogreatly from her skill and passion.
Bruce ChristensenGlenwood Springs
Keep C’dale fun and functionalEditor’s Note: This letter was also ad-
dressed to the Carbondale Town Trustees.
Dear Editor:Stop all of Carbondale’s growth, devel-
opment, population and pollution increasesbecause we all have to, not because we justwant to. These horrible growth problemsare all worldwide problems, not just Car-bondale problems. The world’s air, water,foods, populations and pollutions are all inan exponential and evolutionary state ofcatastrophe.
The world’s human population is nowover 7 billion and will exponentially top 9billion by 2050. About two thirds of planetEarth is covered with water, but only about3 percent of Earth’s water is fresh water,and half of that fresh, mammal-neededwater is frozen. Statistically, 1.5 percent orless of anything is considered “chancelevel.” Over four years ago, fresh water andriver researchers suggested that the Col-orado River would not make it to Baja any-
more. They were proved right last fall afterjust three and a half years.
Suburbia, shopping malls, the drivinganywhere/everywhere mania, and life’sstressful depression living came onto us allexponentially after World War II. However,in the mid to late 1980s, about 17 percentof U.S. shopping mall manias and develop-ments have stopped! They have been torndown to be used as little local urban/down-town living businesses and shopping vil-lages with street stop signs, street walkingand street parking.
The potential 24-acre Village at CrystalRiver development (the northwest cornerof Highway 133 and Main Street) has to bekept and maintained as open space, includ-ing biking and walking space, world classFrisbee golf, a dog park, local home grow-ers’ land and year-round usable green-houses. The cost to Carbondale would onlybe some $8 million to $10 million to ownit and keep it open. (That’s like the cost ofone Aspen mansion.)
Carbondale, we have to do at least ourown stopping of overpopulation and of ourover pollution, both locally and worldwide.So good luck with local and world stock-marketing and with local and worldwidereal estate bolognas. (Both are world gam-bling games.) Keep Carbondale small, fun andfunctional right here and right now. Simplyreuse restorations. Simply avoid suburbia andmall mania and any and all costs.
Doc PhilipCarbondale
Raw Food Chef Mary Whalenshares the local news with recentgraduates of Living Light CulinaryArt School in Fort Bragg, Calif.Courtesy photo
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A Green is the New Black fashion show caption in the March 17 Sopris Sunconcerning Alexandra and Anthony Jerkunica (owners of Coredination movementstudio) was incorrect. Their costumes were designed by Katrina Byar.
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By Terray SylvesterSopris Sun Staff Writer
Members of Carbondale’s Environmen-tal Board are planning a mid-April meetingwith the board of town trustees to discusstactics to curb the number of single-useshopping bags handed out around town.
In late February, the E-Board recom-mended to the trustees that the town takesome sort of formal action on single-usebags, said Jason White, a waste and recy-cling expert on the volunteer board. He saidthe E-Board urged the trustees to consider afee, not an outright ban, on single-use bags.Since then, E-Board members have met in-formally with Mayor Stacey Bernot andTrustee John Foulkrod to discuss the issue,but a meeting in April would be the first op-portunity for the board of trustees as awhole to consider a potential ordinance.
In the lead-up to the meeting, which hasnot yet been added to the trustees’ agenda,E-Board members, working in partnershipwith the Community Office for ResourceEfficiency (CORE), plan to reach out tobusinesses that might be affected by a bagfee and to gauge the sentiment of the publicat large.
They also plan to ask for advice and let-ters of support from stores in the region
that have already stopped offering single-use bags to customers, stores such as theCarbondale Community Food Co-op onMain Street and Vitamin Cottage NaturalGrocers in Glenwood Springs.
The Carbondale effort is part of a largerpush to cut the number of single-use bagsused in the Roaring Fork Valley. JasonHaber of CORE said Basalt’s Green Team(the equivalent of Carbondale’s E-Board)has been particularly gung ho.They’re aim-ing to draft a bag ordinance by April 13,which would potentially impose a per-bagfee at Clark’s Market, the El Jebel CityMarket and the Basalt 7-Eleven.
Aspen’s City Council has been workingtoward a bag ordinance since January, butrecently decided to shelve its effort untilMay to allow time for the dust to settleafter an upcoming round of municipal elec-tions.
Aspen’s delay may also allow Basalt andCarbondale to catch up with their own ef-forts. Bag activists hope that could benefitthe campaign as a whole, allowing the townsto coordinate on education and outreachand collectively distribute reusable bags.
A number of key points remain unde-cided in Carbondale, including the size ofthe fee itself. So far, a fee of between 5 and25 cents has been considered.
Bag-fee proponents are also trying tofigure out how to focus the ordinance forthe maximum effect and the minimumbacklash, which may mean narrowing itsscope until it affects only Carbondale’slargest retailers, such as City Market, theFamily Dollar Store and Ace Hardware. Abroader ordinance could include smallergrocers and convenience stores, such as 7-Eleven and the Cowen Center, Garcia’sMini Store,Teresa’s Market and potentiallythe Roaring Fork Co-op, but it would alsoforce the bag activists to bring more busi-ness owners on board. In that, Carbon-dale’s bag-ordinance proponents have hada chance to learn from one of Aspen’s mis-steps. Aspen’s bag proposal incited back-lash from small retailers – many of whomuse their bags as a form of advertising – notlong after it was introduced.
Next Steps:To learn more or offer feedback on theeffort to cut down on single-use shop-ping bags in Carbondale call Environ-mental Board representative JasonWhite at 379-4303, or contact JasonHaber of the Community Office For Re-source Efficiency: 963-1090, [email protected].
By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer
An application involving MountainRoll-offs Inc., of Silt that could make it eas-ier to build a solid-waste transfer station onCounty Road 100 east of Carbondale isdrawing fire from some area property own-ers.
At the town’s comprehensive plan vi-sioning meeting on March 23, one transferstation opponent got up and told the gath-ering the proposed “dump”would“changethe character of County Road 100 forever.”
Mitch Knutson, who owns propertyacross from the proposed solid-waste trans-fer station, told The Sopris Sun this week,“When you take trash to a facility, it’s adump … they are pretty ugly.”
The Garfield County commissionerswill discuss the application during theirmeeting in Glenwood Springs on April 18.
The site in question is the former Mid-Continent Resources coal-loading facilityon the south side of County Road 100, oneof two parcels in the county that is zonedIndustrial.
The applicant, IRMW, LLC., is askingfor a zone-text amendment to the county’sIndustrial zone district that would allow asolid-waste transfer station as a use byright, said Garfield County planner GlennHartmann. Current zoning for such a facil-ity calls for a limited impact review or amajor impact review, depending on thecomponents of any proposed solid-wastetransfer station.
IRMW’s application is not “site spe-cific,” Hartmann said, but asks for an
amendment to the Industrial zone thatcould allow for a solid-waste transfer station.
Knutson, who owns a residential build-ing site in the Roaring Fork Preserve onCounty Road 100, said a property ownerin the same subdivision learned of the pro-posal after overhearing people talk about itat the Village Smithy. That property ownerthen told Knutson. “We need to get theword out,” Knutson said.
Knutson and others have set up a website to help spread their message. Their sin-gle page flyer includes a dump truck with
the phrase “Don’t trash Carbondale” in-corporated into their logo.
The flyer says in part: “Are you awarethat a Recycling Center is being proposedthat will recycle GARBAGE at the old Mid-Continent Mining Building? … This couldbe disastrous for our environment! … Acompany called MRI wants to recycle thefollowing: Residential garbage, food wasteand other potentially harmful organic ma-terials.”
Bullet points on the flyer ask about theimpacts to the Carbondale community, in-
cluding: “air, water, ground and noise pol-lution; foul odors, litter and heavy indus-trial traffic; (a) negative effect on (the)Carbondale rodeo; (a) magnet site for othercities’ garbage.”
The flyer concludes in part, “RecyclingCenter is code word for a DUMP! Is thisthe best location for a DUMP?”
MRI officials were not available forcomment for this article. In February, thecompany notified the Carbondale trusteesof the application, and said it plans to in-clude a recycling component as part of asolid-waste transfer station.
The Garfield County Planning & Zon-ing Commission discussed IRMW’s zone-text amendment application at its March 9meeting and recommended to the countycommissioners that solid-waste transfercomponent be subject to a limited impactreview and the recycling component to amajor impact review.
Hartmann said a limited impact reviewrequires a public hearing before the countycommissioners and a major impact reviewa public hearing before the planning andzoning commission and the county com-missioners.
A use by right, which the applicantwants, usually calls for less review by theplanning and zoning commission andcounty commissioners.
In an interview in the Feb. 10 SoprisSun, MRI General Manager Don Van De-vander said if the county’s zoning text isamended to allow a solid-waste transferstation as a use by right, the companywould still have to obtain a state permit tooperate the facility.
Opponents dump on waste transfer station proposal
A mule deer glides over a fence near Car-bondale earlier in the week. Other deer be-hind him waited their turn and crossedPrince Creek Road one by one. Photo byLynn Burton
Mountain Roll-offs Inc., of Silt, is proposing a zone text amendment to Garfield County’sindustrial zoning that would allow a solid-waste transfer station at the old Mid-ContinentResources coal-loading facility east of Carbondale on County Road 100. The GarfieldCounty commissioners discuss the proposal on April 18. Photo by Lynn Burton
Bag activists planning public outreach
Report: Teen pot use on the riseOver the past year the number of Youth-
Zone clients using pot regularly hasclimbed by about 50 percent, according toa recent report from the organization. Thereport states that “frequent or continuous”weed smokers are more likely to commitcrimes involving illegal substances but lesslikely to commit serious offenses. They arealso“significantly less likely” to be involvedin school and community activities.
The findings are part of YouthZone’smost recent three-year report, which offersa variety of statistics about the nonprofitorganization’s performance between 2007and 2010. For 35 years YouthZone hasworked with adolescents from around theregion on problems ranging from substanceabuse to delinquency. With a budget ofabout $1.2 million, YouthZone servesabout 1,000 clients each year from Aspento Parachute and out the Interstate 70 cor-ridor to Eagle.
About 10 percent of YouthZone clientsreported using marijuana once a month ormore often. YouthZone clients in Aspenand Glenwood Springs consumed the mostpot, followed by clients from Carbondale,Basalt, Rifle and, finally, Parachute.
YouthZone’s statistics mirror a nation-wide trend. Since 2007 more kids in grades
eight through 12 have been using mari-juana, according to the report. Citing na-tional data, the report asserts adolescentshave begun to consider the drug less risky,and that they think the drug meets with lessdisapproval in general. However, they don’tthink it has become more available. In thedecade before 2007, pot use by adolescentshad been steadily decreasing. Binge drink-ing showed a similar trend, and has contin-ued to decline, reaching a historic low in2010, states the report.
Be bear awareAs spring arrives, the Colorado Division
of Wildlife is reminding rural and suburbanresidents to clean up sources of food thatcould attract black bears. Once the bearscome out of hibernation and their digestivesystems are up and running, they becomeopportunistic feeders that will eagerly ex-ploit any available nutrition, including res-idential garbage, pet food, birdseed andgreasy barbecue grills, states a press release.Once a bear becomes habituated to humanfood and loses its fear of people, it can pres-ent a risk to public safety and will probablyhave to be euthanized.
The DOW offers some precautions toreduce the chances you’ll have a conflictwith bears. Follow your community trash
disposal ordinances. Do not put outgarbage the night before trash pick up.Keep garbage in a secure building or a bear-resistant can or dumpster. Wash garbagecans regularly with ammonia to eliminatefood odors. If you don’t have a place tostore garbage, ask the trash company for abear-resistant container or buy one. Makesure it is approved by the “Living withWildlife Foundation.” Rinse out all cans,bottles and jars so that they are free of foodand odors before putting them out for pick-up. Seal smelly items in plastic bags andfreeze them before placing them in thetrash. Don’t leave pet food or pet dishesoutside. Remove bird feeders and sweep upexcess seed. Take hummingbird feeders in-side at night. Clean outdoor grills after eachuse. Pick ripe fruit from trees and off theground. Close and lock doors and win-dows, especially on ground-level floorswhen you are not at home. Bears have akeen sense of smell and may enter a homein search of an easy meal. Don’t leave foodin your car. Bears are strong enough to pryopen car doors. For more information,visit: wildlife.state.co.us.
BLM seeks citizen advisersThe Bureau of Land Management is
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The Weekly News Brief The Sopris Sun and the KDNK news departments team up to discuss recent news from the RoaringFork Valley and beyond. Catch the Brief on KDNK between 7:30 and 8 a.m. and between 5:30 and 6 p.m. on Thursdays.
News Briefs Cop ShopThe following events are drawn fromincident reports of the CarbondalePolice Department.
SATURDAY March 12 At 3:06 a.m.an officer saw a man allegedly break-ing into an unattended vehicle near theintersection of Seventh Street andCleveland Avenue. After a foot chasethe man was arrested for criminal tres-pass, criminal mischief and obstruc-tion.
TUESDAY March 15 At 1:47 p.m. po-lice responded to an alleged burglaryin progress at the intersection of Mainand Second streets. Officers arrested aman on an outstanding warrant andsummonsed a woman for theft andcriminal mischief.
SATURDAY March 19 At 2:42 a.m. awoman reported one of her car tireshad been slashed on Fourth Street.
SUNDAY March 20 At 2:46 p.m. fivedogs were reported at large on CowenDrive. The town captured three ofthem: a black poodle and two goldenlabs named “Sadie” and “Dixie.”
MONDAY March 21 At 9:06 p.m.police responded to reports of a suspi-cious female “soliciting for sustainableenergy” in River Valley Ranch. Offi-cers were unable to find her.
By Lynn BurtonSopris Sun Staff Writer
Last Wednesday, Carbondale residentswere asked what kind of headlines theywould like to read in The Sopris Sun 20years from now. Here are a few of theirsuggestions:
• Carbondale fashion show on frontpage of Vogue;
• Aspen student turned away from Car-bondale school (due to lack of room);
• Carbondale celebrates 15th anniver-sary of energy independence;
• Motorized traffic reduced 50 percent;Carbondale a net exporter of locally
grown foods.And some suggestions fell between seri-
ous and funny:• Co-op celebrates 10th anniversary of
replacing City Market;• Carbondale named seat of Roaring
Fork county;• Average time to get a land use appli-
cation approved is one month;• Colorado Rocky Mountain School
land still vacant.Suggesting headlines for the year 2031
was one of four exercises the public was in-vited to participate in at town hall onMarch 23 as part of Carbondale’s processto update its current comprehensive plan(approved in 2000). Planning firm RPIConsulting of Durango will tabulate theMarch 23 results for a “vision verification”workshop at town hall from 6 to 7:30 p.m.on April 6.
More than 100 Carbondale and arearesidents took seats at 13 tables for the vi-sioning workshop. “We need some bodiesat each of the tables,” RPI partner Gabe
Preston told the crowd.Preston started by introducing the mem-
bers of RPI’s comprehensive plan team,which includes DHM Design of Carbon-dale and Leslie Lamont of Lamont Plan-ning Services then said,“We (RPI) honestlybelieve a community can take control of itsfuture.”
Preston explained a comprehensive plandefines a community’s“shared vision of thefuture” then added, “they tend to focus onprivate land.”
A comprehensive plan should help guidehow growth and development occurs andhow town resources are used, Preston said,
and it has three legs: the physical environ-ment, the cultural environment and eco-nomic goals.
“You have to keep all three balanced,”he said.
Old town plans, including the PioneerProject from the mid-1980s and the Eco-nomic Roadmap from more recent times,might also play a role in the currentprocess. “We’re going to continue to bringthat up (the Economic Roadmap),”Prestonsaid.
The four questions for the night were:what concerns about Carbondale do youhave now and for the future, what do youtreasure and want to preserve about Car-bondale, what would you like to see differ-ent or change in Carbondale, and what doyou want Carbondale to look like in 20years?
Many in the room were familiar withthe night’s format. For each question, re-spondents answered on sticky notes andgave them to a recorder chosen from eachtable.After each question, Preston called ona few tables to read their top three results.Participants didn’t have to stay the wholenight. “This is a culture of ‘leave if youwant to,’” Preston said.
For the question“What concerns do youhave now and for the future?” responsesfrom individual tables included:
• I don’t want to get natural gas fromfar away; thoughtful growth and sustain-ability.
• Old plans shouldn’t be dusty, theyshould be worn out; economic develop-ment should blend housing, road patterns,citizen involvement and governance; thenatural environment.
• Maintaining open space; no big-boxretailer; retain small town character; retainexisting businesses.
• Economic diversity; protect water,food, land, resources; relationship between
town and school system.To the question “What do you treasure
and want to preserve about Carbondale?”responses included:
• Small town character; natural beauty;mix of non-profit and for-profit businesses.
• Local culture; ability to have chickensin town.
• The green vibe; access to recreation.• Irrigation ditches; cattle drives through
town; the library; Colorado Mountain Col-lege; the recreation center.
• The funkiness.The night was drawing to a close so
questions No. 3 (“What would you like tosee different or change in Carbondale?”)and 2031 headline suggestions were com-bined.
Some of the answers from a table com-prised of John Foulkrod, Jenna Bradford,Hollis Kerler, Dan Giese, Julie Tallmadge,Diane Doolittle and Dan Whittney in-cluded: fruit trees/edible landscapes,trade/barter system, no chain stores, bikelane only roads, city owned power system,bike underpass on Highway 133, not somany cars, a land use process that worksfor the community and developer, a hi-techlibrary, ranches turned into open space in-stead of developed, the economy more de-pendent on locally grown food,orchestrated trash pick up (so all the trashis picked up on the same day).
Another table said they’d like to see 75percent of Carbondale’s population live offrenewable energy sources, a high percent-age of the population earning their living“creatively,” a strict green building codeand annexing Satank.
At the April 6 vision verification work-shop, participants will use keypad polling,which allows them to provide electronicfeedback anonymously. Polling results willappear instantly on screen. Refreshmentswill be served.
Carbondale looks down the road for comp plan
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First Friday returnsSopris Sun Staff Report
Spring weather might be a bit iffy, but First Friday isn’t. Thetown’s galleries and related stores start moving into the get-out-and-about mode with a First Friday lineup that includessnacks and libations at various spots around town, a newshow at the Carbondale Council on Arts and Humanities,and a new artist at Main Street Gallery.
Main Street Gallery’s new artist is Grand Valley residentCharles Morris. Morris works in oils and focuses on West-ern Slope landscapes and figures. His paintings are in thecollections of Alpine Bank-Grand Junction, ColoradoSprings National Bank and others. He’ll be on hand to dis-cuss his paintings. For more on Morris, visit charlesmorris-artstudio.com. Main Street Gallery also represents jewelerBarbara Sophia and will be showing her work.
Down the street in the Dinkel Building, Marcel (Majid) Kah-hak will paint live at his studio from 6 to 8 p.m. Kahhak sayshis painting will be inspired by Easter/spring renewal, ormaybe something humorous. “Come find out,” he said.Beverages and hors d'oeuvres will be served. For details,call 704-0622.
A few doors west of Kahhak’s at the Floral Boutique comemeet Lori Haroutunian’s new partner Beth McKenzie.
They’ll be serving refreshments and Armenian food. OnWeant Street across from Sopris Park, the Parkside Galleryserves fine wine and snacks.
At the Third Street Center (at the south end of Third), theThird Street Café presents a music/poetry/comedy, dramashowcase from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Poet Kim Nuzzo reads hiswork at 8:30 p.m. There’ll also be an open mic.
Creative Spark Studio hosts Rochelle Norwood’s bake saleto raise funds to purchase additional sewing machines forher students to use. Creative Spark also shows Norwood’spaintings created from acrylic and donated house paintson recycled surfaces. Norwood also shows a mixed-mediaproduction incorporating heart and soul to create a varietyof works ranging from people to birds. The hours are 6 to8 p.m.
Rounding out Third Street Center action, the CarbondaleCouncil on Arts and Humanities presents the sculptureshow “Feel Free to Touch (or Not)” from 6 to 8 p.m. Localsculptors in the show include James Surls, Alicia de lasHera Matesanz, Michael Lindsay, Janet Nelson, JoeBurleigh, Will Perry, Sherrill Stone and Doug Casebeer;Jason Schneider and Paul Collins are from the AndersonRanch Arts Center. The entire show features more than100 pieces from almost 50 sculptors from Colorado andNew Mexico, and is curated by Carbondale’s Mark Harris.For more information visit carbondalearts.com.
This Charles Morris painting is one of severalpieces of his work at the Main Street Gallery indowntown Carbondale.
Diane Doolittle makes a comment at hertable during the March 23 visioning work-shop. Photo by Lynn Burton
RFHS students go historicA group of Roaring Fork High
School students was spied on MainStreet last Thursday, notebooks inhand. They were exploring Carbon-dale buildings as part of the Mt. So-pris Historical Society’s JuniorDocent program. Students visited thefreight elevator at the back of the Liftin the Dinkel building, the site of theMountain View Hotel upstairs in theDinkel building and the stone ovenon Fourth Street where the Lieber-man family operated a bakery 100years ago.The day ended with nachosat the Pour House, which was onceSherwood's Motion Picture Theater.
Carbondalians do theTraverse
About a dozen Carbondaliansraced 40 miles from Crested Butte toAspen as part of the Elk MountainsGrand Traverse on March 26. SariAnderson was the first of them tocross the line with her teammate PeterGaston of Aspen. Anderson and Gas-ton took third place overall and fin-ished second in the coed division witha time of 9:17. Dan Goddard of Car-bondale and his teammate LissaBallinger of Aspen finished sixth in
coed division and 38th overall with atime of 12:27.
Carbondenizens Mary Lewis andCollette Newell were the second all-female team to slide into Aspen. Alli-son Holmes and Amelia Potvin, bothof Carbondale, took fifth in thewomen's 26-35 division.
Carbondale was well representedin the men's 25-36 division. HarlanNimmo of Carbondale and TylerNewton of Snowmass took eighth inthat age class and 19th overall. AdamCooper of Carbondale and RichRodgers of Denver finished 11th inthe same division and 23rd overallwith a time of 11:14. Dave Gray andKarl Walker, both of Carbondale,took 14th in the men's 26-35 and36th overall. Carbondalian RandyYoung and Joe Difulgentis of Boze-man, Mont., finished 24th in the di-vision. Mike Spayd of Carbondaleand Dave Songayllo of Snowmass fin-ished 56th overall.
Hackbarth plays the WheelerAndy Hackbarth opens for
blues/folk singer Ruthie Foster at theWheeler Opera House in Aspen onApril 1. Hackbarth was raised on allama ranch in the Carbondale area then
lit out for Nashville a few years ago.
Good goin’The American Legion Post 100
Women’s Auxiliary baked 3,093cookies for veterans taking part in theNational Veterans Winter SportsClinic at Snowmass. An auxiliaryspokeswoman said they baked “allkinds” of cookies for the vets.
The winner isBetsy Lincicome was first to iden-
tify last week’s Mystery Photo. Thedead-end sign (with Grateful Deadlogo in the middle) is located onGlenwood Avenue in Satank. Turnsout, Betsy and Thane Lincicome ac-tually live on Glenwood Avenue andare well familiar with noticed thesign.
They say it’s your birthdayBirthday greetings go out to
Colleen Borkovec and Jane Hart(March 31), Dave Ritchie (April 2),Don Muishet, Jeff Busk and TerriRitchie (April 3), Marilyn Murphyand Donny Mushet (April 4), andRowan Dietz and Judy Schilling(April 5).
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The Sopris Sun’s first-ever Bicyclist of the Week recognitiongoes to Sari Anderson, who was seen pedaling up ThirdStreet not only with a pair of skis on her shoulder, she wasalso pulling her two small kids in a trailer. Photo by LynnBurton
himself as a hunter and a fisherman. If he acquires the is-land, Minney said he would place it under a conservationeasement but include provisions to allow continued hunt-ing and fishing from the parcel, as well as recreational ac-cess for boaters.
“The river rafters are going by one way or the other, soyou’ve got to sort of take that into account,” he said. “Idon’t have any commercial idea for the property at all.”Minney said he would be willing to allow the town to drillwater wells on the property under certain conditions.
The potential for recreational access is the most signifi-cant difference between Minney’s ideas and the settlementdrawn up by the town and the adjacent landowners.
As it currently stands, the settlement would prohibitStahl and the Joiners from developing the property, and itwould include an easement to allow the town to developwater wells. The town already operates wells nearby, butnone are actually located on the parcel.Terms in the settle-ment would also allow boaters to float through the prop-erty, but would prohibit them from touching the shore orthe river bottom, other than by accident.
That became a point of contention at a CarbondaleTown Trustees’ meeting on March 15, when some localanglers objected that the settlement would cut off publicaccess to the only patch of public land in a two-mile stretchof river.
Proponents of the settlement have countered that thetown plans to develop a major public river access, Gate-way Park,not far downstream at the intersection of High-ways 82 and 133.
Minney’s proposal may face significant legal hurdles.Since the property is currently disputed it’s unclear whom,exactly, Minney would approach to purchase the land.Town Trustee John Foulkrod said Minney could poten-tially purchase whatever interest the town holds.However,at some point the property lines would still have to be set-tled, probably in court.
But as yet, Minney’s proposal, if it can be called that, isin its earliest stages.Minney has spoken with Foulkrod andTownTrustee John Hoffmann and some local communityactivists and land conservationists.But earlier this week hehad not yet touched base with the Joiners or Stahl, and hesaid he had not spoken withTownAttorney Mark Hamil-ton and Mayor Stacey Bernot, who were traveling duringspring break. Minney has not yet asked for a spot on thetown trustees’ agenda.
“When I first heard the message I didn’t know if it wassomeone playing games or what,”Foulkrod said of a voice-mail Minney left him before the two spoke. “I think it’sworth talking about.”
Foulkrod has said he played a key role in organizing thesettlement with the Joiners and Stahl. He argues it wouldallow the town to dodge the legal fees associated with de-fending the property, and bring in revenue.
Hoffmann, the most vocal opponent of the settlementon the board of trustees, welcomed Minney’s involvementbecause it raises the possibility that the island parcel isworth more than $100,000.
But he stated he would be reluctant to see the island passinto private hands for anything less than $5 million,a pricein line with what the town paid for a piece of land pro-posed for Gateway Park downstream.Before selling the is-land, he would also like the town to acquire an open spaceparcel to replace it.
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Carbondale Middle School has earned the Governor’s Distinguished Im-provement Award, according a Colorado Department of Education press re-lease.
The award recognizes the top 8 percent of public schools where studenttest scores showed the greatest improvements over the previous year. Otherschools in the area to win the award are Basalt Middle School and the AspenCommunity Charter School.
“The state is proud to recognize the hard work and dedication demon-strated by the staff and students at these schools,” said Gov. John Hicken-looper in a prepared statement.
The surprise announcement came during an assembly on March 24. Nei-ther students nor teachers knew of the award when they arrived in the audi-torium.
Once everyone was in their seat, the stage curtains swept back to reveal thestage with many empty chairs and balloons, while Kool & the Gang playedover the sound system. All the teachers were then asked to come onstage to behonored.
Students also stood up and honored their teachers, along with Roaring ForkSchool Board member Debbie Bruell. Carbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot sent amessage of congratulations.
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Birth Announcement:
Parents names:
Mike & Tiffany Klausing of Rifle, COBaby:
Lukas Klausing, male, Born 3/4/11 at 10:38PM,8lbs 2oz, 21.75in.Grandparents:
Craig and Susan Jones of New Castle, CO, CarolKlausing of Novi, MI and Bill Klausing ofBrighton, MIGodfather:
Uncle Zack Jones; Godmother: Aunt Erica Cleaver
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CMS earns DistinguishedImprovement Award
Ami Maes’s art students at Carbondale Middle School painted two gigantic murals for theValley Kids art exhibit at the Glenwood Springs Center for the Arts, which runs throughApril 10. The students who painted this mural (titled “A Mysterious Night of Cirque de Car-nival”) were: Bianca de la Torre, Johnny Dolores, Cally Erickson, Reece Ettelson, NoahFrazzini, Kianna Gunstream,Ashley Hall, Emily Johnson, Jasmin Juanlucas,Tanner Korn, Si-mone Lamont, Dorian Medina, Kevin Monroy, Arturo Ortiz, Oved Ortiz, Alanna Roberti,Diana Rojas, Lilliann Smalls, Justin Thompson and Yaislin Venzor. Photo by Lynn Burton
Next Steps:The Carbondale TownTrustees are scheduledto discuss the Carbondale Island propertyduring their meeting onApril 19 at town hall,511 ColoradoAve. For more information,call 963-2733.
Wednesdays in the Cardiac Rehab Education Room at VVHYoga can provide benefits for patients undergoing radiation therapy and chemo-therapy, patients in remission or in hospice or palliative care. Taught by Nova Loverro-Sprick, yoga therapist and cancer survivor.
Meditation/Relaxation Yoga, 10-11 amprovides deep relaxation and breathing tohelp the body heal from cancer treatment. Supports healthy immune system and heartfunction, and lymphatic drainage. For those currently or recently in treatment.
Vibrant Health Yoga, 11:30-12:45 pm helpsthose not currently receiving cancer treat-ment to regain strength, flexibility and stam-ina without overtaxing the body.
Information: Nova Loverro-Sprick at 945-9515 or Integrated Therapies at 384-6954.
Valley View Hospital dietician Lisa Paigeoffers weekly sessions on eating for wellness.
Free to Valley View’s Cardiac Wellness members, $7 for non-members. Cardiac
Rehabilitation Conference Room, 10:30 am.Preregister by calling 384-7159.
Nutrition Basics • April 1Learn the secrets of the Pyramid! MyPyramid,
that is. Understand how to get a variety of foodswhile keeping your portions in balance.
Adult Weight Management • April 8Two of three Americans are at an unhealthy
weight. This class will present “Small Steps toSuccess” to avoid future weight gain.
Make Snacks Work for You! • April 15An active life needs to be fueled and snacks are
the way to keep you in action. Learnwhat makes a healthy snack and how timingyour snack actually helps you lose weight.
Reading Food Labels • April 22Just when you thought you understood food la-beling, it changes! Understand the facts behind
food labeling and portions.
Supermarket Savvy • April 29Don’t let the supermarket outsmart you. Learnto avoid grocery store traps to get you to buy
expensive processed foods.
Valley ViewCommunityHealth Fairs
Yogafor cancer patients
and survivors
Thursday March 31ROTARY • Garfield County Library Boardmember Bill Lamont speaks at the MountSopris Rotary luncheon at Mi Casita atnoon in downtown Carbondale.
GOVERNOR SPEAKS • The GlenwoodSprings Chamber Resort Association hostsa luncheon with Colorado Gov. John Hick-enlooper at the Hotel Denver from 11:45a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Hickenlooper will talkabout economic development in Col-orado. Tickets are $20 and seating islimited. Info: 945-6589.
WOLFOWITZ SPEAKS • PitkinCounty Republicans present U.S.Ambas-sador Paul Wolfowitz at the Aspen Insti-tute’s Koch Building from 5:30 to 7p.m. RSVP to [email protected].
FRIDAY APRIL 1LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Workson Main Street presents Elements 3.
LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s, located in theDinkel Building, presents Already Gone at10 p.m.
LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars, located inthe Dinkel Building, presents Finders &Youngberg. Info: 963-3304.
LIVE MUSIC • Rivers in GlenwoodSprings presents Straight Shot (countryrock) from 9 p.m. to midnight. No covercharge.
OPERA • The Jim Calaway Honors Series
at Colorado Mountain College offers anight of opera, featuring bass-baritoneKeith Miller, soprano Kara Guggenmosand pianist Debra Ayers. All three per-formers live or have lived in the state. Theperformance starts at 7:30 p.m. in the NewSpace Theatre at Colorado Mountain Col-lege Spring Valley campus between Glen-wood Springs and Carbondale. Tickets are$20 for adults and $10 for students 17 andunder, and are available at the door or bycalling 947-8367.
LIVE PAINTING • Marcel (Majid) Kah-hak will paint live at his studio in theDinkel Building from 6 to 8 p.m. His paint-
ing will be inspired by Easter/springrenewal, or maybe something hu-
morous. “Come find out,” hesaid. Beverages and hors
d'oeuvres will be served.Info: 970-704-0622.
MORRIS ONHAND • PainterCharles Morris puts
in an appearance theMain Street Gallery to
discuss his work.
FIRST FRIDAY • Parkside Gallery, locatedacross from Sopris Park, serves wine andsnacks for First Friday.
CCAH SHOW BEGINS • The CarbondaleCouncil on Arts and Humanities presentsthe sculpture show “Feel Free to Touch (orNot)” at the Third Street Center throughApril 29. The opening runs from 6 to 8
p.m. Local sculptors include James Surls,Alicia de las Hera Matesanz, Michael Lind-say, Janet Nelson, Joe Burleigh, Will Perry,Sherrill Stone and Doug Casebeer; JasonSchneider and Paul Collins are from theAnderson Ranch Arts Center. CCAH's R2Gallery is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdaythrough Friday. Info: 963-1680.
FIRST AT THIRD • The Third Street Caféin the Third Street Center presents amusic/poetry/comedy/drama showcase,plus an open mic. It’s all from 6:30 to 10p.m., with special guest poet Kim Nuzzoat 8:30 p.m. The night is in support of Feedthem with Music.
LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars, located inthe old part of the Dinkel Building, presentslive music every Friday Night. Info: 963-3304.
SATURDAY April 2LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works onMain Street presents All the Pretty Horses.
LIVE MUSIC • Carnahan’s in the DinkelBuilding presents Gneiss (classic rock) at 10p.m.
LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars, located inthe old part of the Dinkel Building presentBuddy Mondlock. Info: 963-3304.
RFCC • The Roaring Fork Cultural Coun-cil presents an evening with former U.S.Sen. Gary Hart (D-Colo.) at Thunder RiverTheatre at 7:30 p.m. Hart, who has writ-ten 19 books, will be speaking on national
security and foreign affairs. Tickets may bepurchased at roaringforkculturalcoun-cil.com or at 987-4492.
SCOTCH TASTING • The GlenwoodSprings Center for the Arts presents itsfourth annual “Classic Malts of Scotland”Scotch tasting at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 inadvance, $40 at the door and $48 for non-members. Info: 945-2414. The Center is lo-cated across from the Hot Springs Pool.
SUNDAY April 3LIVE MUSIC • Steve’s Guitars presents theDavid Mayfield Parade. Info: 963-3340.
MONDAY April 4LIVE MUSIC • Carbondale Beer Works onMain Street presents Selah Dubb (reggaefrom North Carolina).
TUES.-SUN. April 5-10SHORTS FEST • Aspen Film presents itsannual Shorts Fest at the Wheeler OperaHouse in Aspen and the Crystal Theatre inCarbondale. Info: aspenfilm.org.
WEDNESDAY April 6LIVE MUSIC • White House pizza onMain Street presents Dwight Ferren(acoustic instrument). Info: 704-9400.
COMP PLAN • The town of Carbondalecontinues its comprehensive plan processwith “Did we get it right” from 6 to 7:30p.m. at town hall. Info: 970-382-9886.
Community Calendar To list your event, email information to [email protected]. Deadline is 5 p.m. Saturday. Events takeplace in Carbondale unless noted. For up-to-the-minute valley-wide event listings, check out the CommunityCalendar online at soprissun.com.
FRI.-SAT. April 8-9DANCE • DANCE INITIATIVE presents“Dance for US,”original choreography anddance created and performed by artistsfrom the community. Styles include con-temporary ballet, jazz, modern, tango,African, clogging and break dance. Curtaintime is 7 p.m. at Thunder River Theatre, lo-cated north of Main Street in downtownCarbondale. Tickets are $15 for adults/$5children and can be reserved at 963-8681.
Monday April 7HPC MEETS • Carbondale’s HistoricPreservation Commission meets at 6:30p.m. at town hall the first Thursday of themonth.
ACT PREP CLASS • Colorado Educa-tional Consulting holds ACT prep classesat Basalt High School on Thursday nightsfrom 6:30 to 8 p.m. April 7-21 and Tues-day night, April 26. The classes in orderare: math, science, English and reading.Thecost is $175. Info: 274-6298.
WYLY ART CLASSES • The Wyly Com-munity Art Center offers after-school artprograms for grades 1-5 from 2 to 4 p.m.on Wednesdays through May. Info at wyl-yarts.org.
MATINEE BINGO • It’s Matinee BINGOtime in the Rominger Room at CrystalMeadows senior housing after lunch everyWednesday. It’s five cents per card, andlarge print cards are available. Info:704-1579.
S.A.W. SHOW • S.A.W. presents newsculpture by Bayard Hollins. He’s a painter,sculptor and current S.A.W. studio/Car-bondale Clay Center artist. S.A.W. is lo-cated at 978 Euclid Ave. Info: 963-0201 orbayardhollins.com.
CMS ART • Carbondale Middle Schoolart students are included in the Valley KidsExhibit at the Glenwood Springs Centerfor the Arts through April 11. The center islocated across the street from the Hot
Springs Pool (next to Yampa Spa) and isopen Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.to 5 p .m. and on Saturday form noon to 4p.m.
MAYOR’S COFFEE HOUR • Chat withCarbondale Mayor Stacey Bernot on Tues-days from 7 to 8 a.m. at the Village Smithy,located at 26 S. Third St.
VAUDEVILLE • The Glenwood VaudevilleRevue presents its winter show at 901 Col-orado Ave. through April 23. Tickets are$22 for adults and $16 for kids. Info: 945-9699 and gvrshow.com.
JAZZ • Steve’s Guitars presents jazz from7 to 9 p.m. the first and third Tuesday ofthe month. Info: 963-3340.
CASTLE TOURS • The historic RedstoneCastle (aka Cleveholm Manor) is open forguided tours Saturdays and Sundays. Info:963-9656.
BRIDGE • Senior Matters in the ThirdStreet Center offers bridge every Wednes-day. Info: 945-7094.
ZINGERS SING • The Zingers singinggroup gets together at the Third Street Cen-ter every Thursday from 2 to 3 p.m. Info:945-7094.
ACOUSTIC CARNAHANS • Carnahan’sTavern hosts an acoustic music open micnight every Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. Info:963-4498.
GROUP RUN • Independence Run andHike at 995 Cowen Drive leads group runsSaturdays at 8:15 a.m. rain or shine. Info:704-0909.
AL-ANON MEETS • Al-Anon for friendsand families of alcoholics meets at theChurch at Carbondale Tuesdays at 7 p.m.Info: 963-3514.
SUICIDE SURVIVORS’ SUPPORT • Asupport group for those who have lost aloved one to suicide meets the second Tues-day of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the FirstUnited Methodist Church in GlenwoodSprings, 824 Cooper St. Info: 945-1398 [email protected].
LEGAL SERVICES • Alpine Legal Serviceoffers intake to eligible clients from 9:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays and Fridaysat the Garfield County Courthouse inGlenwood Springs, and Tuesdays andWednesday at the Pitkin County Court-house in Aspen. Info: 945-8858, 920-2828.
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By Betsy Marston / High Country News
MONTANAIt’s a Tea Party world in Montana’s Legis-lature these days, and Gov. BrianSchweitzer, a Democrat, sometimes can’tbelieve his ears as newly elected represen-tatives talk blithely of creating armed citi-zen militias and “nullifying” a slew offederal laws, reports The Associated Press.Schweitzer calls many of the proposalsfrom the new Republican majority“kooky,” noting that they include “a planto make it legal to hunt big game with aspear.” But because some of these laws arebound to land on his desk, Schweitzer hasordered a new cattle-branding iron thatreads “VETO.” Says the governor, “Ain’tnobody in the history of Montana has hadso many danged ornery critters that neededbranding.”
UTAHIt was understandable that District CourtJudge Marvin D. Bagley was getting fed up:William Beck never showed up in court toanswer charges of passing bad checks, re-ports the Southern Utah News. Beck alwayshad good excuses: First, his lawyer ex-plained, his mother died. Then, at the sec-ond attempt at a trial, the lawyer said thatBeck’s grandmother had just died. This ledthe judge to comment dryly: “If this con-tinues, he’s going to run out of family.”
UTAHWe’ve always loved those before-and-afterphotos of couples about to celebrate a half-century of wedded bliss. In pictures from50 years ago, the bride usually looks like ateenager with a bad haircut, while thegroom strikes a serious air and looks al-most gaunt. Fifty years later, each has usu-ally completely filled out, and chances aregood that both wear eyeglasses.Yet becausethey’ve come through so much of life to-gether, they tend to look equally buoyant asthey invite friends and family to join theircelebration. What’s never admitted, ofcourse, is that there might have been abumpy decade or two along the way, whichis why we liked how one couple in Dixie,Utah, spoofed their own 50-year hoo-hahin The Spectrum: “FIFTY YEARS OF EN-DURANCE,” was the headline. And be-cause “Lael Hilton of Delta has enduredliving with Mert Lovell of Oak City for 50long years, condolences and expressions ofheartfelt sympathy would be appreciated.”
CALIFORNIAThe black bears that call Yosemite National
Park home are legendary for their smarts.They’ve honed efficient methods of rippingthe doors off minivans, and they can skill-fully yank open refrigerators. That’s whycampers at the park must remove all foodand other bear attractants and put them in“bear-proof” lockers that are so failsafethey routinely frustrate some campers. Butlast summer, after years of trial and error,an old male bear finally figured out how toopen the lockers.A reliable source describeshow, as the bear noisily cracked open an al-legedly bear-proof locker one night, awoman jumped out of her tent and startedhollering at the animal to back off. Whenthe unwelcome visitor failed to move oreven flinch, the woman then picked up hershoes and fired one of them at the bear,beaning it. What happened next is hard tobelieve but true:“The bear rushed up to thewoman and grabbed the other shoe out ofher hand, then returned to his meal. Hear-ing the commotion, a neighboring camperarrived with a canister of bear spray, but heonly managed to expose everybody to thechoking fumes.”The bear, of course, had al-ready left the scene after chowing down onall the food stored in the locker.
COLORADO“Plants can’t run and hide” in the world, soover time, some have evolved the ability toalter their structure when they perceive athreat.That’s the mechanism now being ex-ploited by Colorado State University biolo-gist Jane Medford, as she and some 30undergraduate and graduate students ge-netically engineer plants to signal the pres-ence of pollutants or explosives like TNT
by turning from green to white. Medfordsays the altered “detector plants” should beable eventually to act as guardians at air-ports and other public places. And thanksto a $7.9 million grant from the DefenseDepartment’s Defense Threat ReductionAgency, Medford’s team can speed along itsresearch. Speed, not surprisingly, is impor-tant: In the presence of a chemical threat,the first-generation plants are still takinghours to drain their leaves of color.
NEW MEXICOThe Earth Island Journal recently profileda cohort of 10,000 baby boomers who, in-credibly, remain on the federal dole eventhough they haven’t done a lick of workduring the last six decades. Writer GarSmith reports that this privileged groupdoes nothing “but sit around, radiating theserenity that goes with being part of a se-lect and pampered minority.” What’s per-haps most galling about the members ofthis group, who are all employed by the De-partment of Defense, is their cushy livingarrangements: They receive about $650million each, live in a gated community inNew Mexico and have 20,000 governmentspecialists assigned just to serve their needs.Just who are the members of this seldom-talked-about elite?“Oh, forgive me. I forgotto introduce myself. My name is Mark-61.I’m a nuclear weapon.”
Betsy Marston is the editor of Writers onthe Range, an op-ed service of High Coun-try News ([email protected]). Tips of West-ern weirdness are always appreciated.
Kevin Passmore of UpSki unfurled a parachute canopy, clicked into his skis andsailed through the snowy sagebrush at Spring Gulch on a windy day earlier thisspring. Photo by Terray Sylvester
seeking nominations for its two western Colorado resourceadvisory councils.The Colorado Northwest and SouthwestResource Advisory Councils each have five openings. The15-member citizen councils are appointed by the Secretaryof the Interior to advise the agency on public land man-agement issues. The Northwest RAC advises field officesin the BLM’s Northwest Colorado District, including theColorado River Valley (Silt), Grand Junction, Kremmling,Little Snake (Craig) and White River (Meeker) field offices.The Southwest RAC advises offices in the Southwest Dis-trict, including the Gunnison and Uncompahgre (Mon-trose) field offices, and the San Juan Public Lands Center inDurango.
The Northwest and Southwest RACs are among 28similar councils across the West. Each council is designedto offer a balanced outlook that the BLM needs for its mis-sion, which is to manage the public lands for multiple uses.For more information and nomination forms, visitblm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Resources/racs/html. Nominationsand letters of reference are due May 2.
PitCo: Take a surveyThe Pitkin County Board of Commissioners urges citi-
zens to take the online Economic Development Survey andhelp the State of Colorado create a county-by-county eco-nomic development plan. Join the conversation! Take thesurvey at aspenpitkin.com. Call 920-5204 for more infor-mation.
Ditch cleaning under wayAs of March 1 town crews began cleaning and burning
irrigation ditches throughout Carbondale. There may besmoke in neighborhoods where crews are working. Townstaff advise Carbondalians not to block access to ditchesnear their homes and to inspect ditches and remove any
debris or plant growth that has accumulated since last year.Ditches will probably be turned on by April 15.Town rulesprohibit restricting the flow of water in the ditches, pollut-
ing
ditches or obstructing access to them. For more informa-tion, call the Carbondale Utility Department, 963-3140.
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Wade Newsom was filling cups for the soft opening of his café, The Blend, on Monday. Carbondale's newest cof-fee house is located at 1150 Highway 133, at the intersection with Garfield Avenue. The grand opening is sched-uled for Saturday, April 2, featuring the folksy bluegrass duo Honey Don't at 7 p.m. Photo by Terray Sylvester
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Community BriefsCarbondale visioning continues
Carbondale continues to map out its vi-sion for a new comprehensive plan at townhall from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on April 6. Plan-ners will be asking,“Did we get it right?” inregard to the vision workshop held onMarch 23. Planners will use keypad pollingto allow electronic feedback instantly andanonymously. When finalized, the visionstatements will become the foundation forthe comprehensive plan update, accordingto a town spokesman. For more on thecomprehensive plan and its process, go tocarbondalegov.org and click on the link lo-cated on the Community Governance page.
CCAH offers classesThrough May, the Carbondale Council
on Arts and Humanities offers classes forkids in piano, digital photography, Ukrain-ian egg decorating, animal mask making,found object sculptural mask making, pas-tels and more. For details, call 963-1680 orvisit carbondalearts.com.
Marijuana forum slatedThe Re-1 Roaring Fork School District
presents a forum on the effects of mari-juana on young people at GlenwoodSprings High School at 6 p.m. on April 7.Panelists include Colorado Attorney Gen-eral John Suthers and Dr. Abraham Nuss-baum, MD, of the Denver Health MedicalCenter. The forum is co-sponsored by theGlenwood Springs High School DECCAclub.
ACES apprenticeships availableThe Aspen Center for Environmental
Studies offers apprenticeships to introducehigh school and college students to envi-ronmental education and environmentalstudies careers. Students will assist in teach-ing, will read and discuss articles, writedaily journal entries and create a portfolioof work. The application deadline is April15. For details, call 925-5756.
Parenting through divorceA Parenting Through Divorce class will
be given in Carbondale from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. on April 2. For details, call TammyPerry at 379-5124.
Kindergarten info night slatedCrystal River Elementary School holds
an information night for parents of nextyear’s kindergarteners from 6 to 7 p.m. onApril 7.
Registration for kindergarten at CrystalRiver Elementary School is slated for April12 from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Parents shouldbring their child’s birth certificate, immu-nization card and deposit for full-timekindergarten. For details, go to rfsd.org.
S’ Days parade applications availableApplications for the Strawberry Days
parade are available at the GlenwoodSprings Chamber Resort Association. Thetheme is “There’s No Place Like Home,”and the parade is June 18. For details, call945-6589.
Roaring Fork Leadership connectsLeadership Connect, a program of
Roaring Fork Leadership, is available tohelp people create a profile and find an op-portunity to extend their leadership skillsto a worthy cause in the valley.
Leadership Connect is designed as anonline matching system for volunteer boardpositions in non-profit and municipal or-ganizations. “The purpose is to help aligncommunity members’ skills and interestswith relevant long-term volunteer leader-ship opportunities made available by areanon-profits and local municipalities,” saidspokeswoman Terri Anuszewski.
The free program can be accessed atrfleadership.org.The system includes a bul-letin board feature with position postings,as well as a matching service to align inter-ested users with opportunities in the valleyvia email notifications.
During its first year (until December) itis also free for non-profit and municipal or-ganizations to use this new matching tech-nology to find qualified long-termvolunteer board members.
For more information, call 922-6035.
Baseball registration continuesThe Carbondale Recreation Department
is accepting registrations for coach pitch(ages 7-8 years), youth baseball (boys ages9-15) and softball (girls ages 8-15). TheRegistration deadline is April 22, but thedepartment advises players to sign up earlyto secure a spot. Player practice and game
schedules will be available May 6 online.Practices will start the week of May 16,games will begin in June, and the tourna-ment will conclude by the third week inJuly. The fee is $80. All contact will be viaemail. For more information, call the Car-bondale Recreation and Community Cen-ter at 704-4190.
Jack Green reads one of his pieces at theThunder River Theatre Company’s inau-gural Karen Chamberlain Poetry Festivallast weekend. The festival attracted poetsfrom beyond Colorado’s borders and theworkshops were packed. On Sundaynight, the festival named Art Goodtimesas the Western Slope’s poet laureate. Photoby Lynn Burton
CCAH gives thanksDear Editor:
CCAH builds community through artand an amazing community was createdthrough the fashion show. The Green Is theNew Black Fashion Extravaganza was anexperience of love, community and creativ-ity. Countless hours of volunteer time wentinto pulling off the production. The factthat the audience loved it was just the icingon the cake! We want to thank all who par-ticipated, either as an audience member,sponsor, model, production team, volunteeror donator. Magic was created. A very spe-cial thanks to Mark Thomas and the Gayand Lesbian Fund for Colorado whohelped raise $5,000 for art in the schoolsand our Creative Classroom. CCAH nowhas a healthy scholarship fund for thosewanting to partake in any of our classes. Itwill also allow us to continue our free AfterSchool Art program. We must also take amoment to thank the town of Carbondalefor being such a great support of all our en-deavors. It is not easy in this day and agefor nonprofits to grow and thrive but thesupport of our community makes it somuch more rewarding to do the hard work.There is much more to come including the40th annual Carbondale Mountain Fair,Summer of Music free concerts and lots ofexciting classes. Keep informed at carbon-dalearts.com and keep participating in art!
Ro Mead and AmyKimberlyCCAH
Heartfelt thanksDear Editor:We are truly blessed to live amongst such atalented diverse community.The week of theGreen is the New Black Fashion Extrava-ganza was no exception. I would like tothank, with heartfelt gratitude, the whole en-semble of characters that gave a piece ofthemselves. Everyone came together as afamily to share their art forms to a very re-ceptive valley. Many individuals were in-volved who made up the splendid,high-energy-filled evenings: designers,dancers and models, as well as lighting,sound, technical and backstage crews, hair-stylists, makeup artists and numerous vol-unteers, all under the incredible direction ofAmy Kimberly. Everyone who attended waswelcomed by quite an eventful evening of ad-venture. Brigitta and I will be looking for-ward to what creative muses ensue next year.Heartfelt thanks to all!
Barbara Sophia UlrychCarbondale
Thunder River ThanksDear Editor:
The usual thank you letter is for allthose who helped to put on an event. Thisletter is for all those theatre patrons whochose to attend our production of “AStreetcar Named Desire.” We wereowhelmed with the support. “Streetcar”was one of the top three attended produc
tions in our 16-year history. We can’t thankyou enough for your support, especiallywhen putting a classic such as this, ar-guably the greatest American play everwritten ... a play that continues to speak tous through time. Thank you for all of yourvery kind words about our work and theimportant role TRTC plays in our commu-nity.
The benefit to Carbondale is huge. Somany of you enjoy a lovely dinner or drinksafter one of our shows at one of our Car-bondale’s fine restaurants on Main Streetor in the immediate vicinity.And thank youfor stopping by and visiting the shops onyour way to the theatre. TRTC is pleasedto be doing its part in helping to supportour great town.
Lon WinstonExecutive Artistic DirectorThunder River TheatreCompany
Honored to work with HemmenDear Editor:
I am a teacher at GSES and I have hadthe privilege to work with amazing stu-dents in the Roaring Fork School Districtfor many years. I am honored to provide al-most seven years of this service under theinnovative and forward thinking leadershipof principal Sonya Hemmen. PrincipalHemmen knows her students well, in factmany times she has written a personal com-ment on all the students’ report cards giv-
ing them encouragement and inspiration.She knows the achievement levels of all herstudents and implements programs to meettheir needs. I am also a mom at GSES andmy son is receiving a tailor made educationfor his strengths. He has the opportunity tolearn third grade reading skills and ad-vanced math skills while currently in sec-ond grade because these are his learninglevels. Principal Hemmen has made thishappen. By the way, the teachers who shehas chosen to hire to implement these pro-grams are truly talented and dedicated tomy son’s and all students’ learning. Sonyahas demonstrated her appreciation andsupport of her teachers in many real, mean-ingful ways. She writes notes of encourage-ment and accomplishment, she has washedour cars, she has served coffee and dough-nuts to our classrooms. These fun and cre-ative ways to show appreciation have apositive impact on morale. She shows hersupport for teachers in a courageous man-ner. It is my sincerest wish that PrincipalSonya Hemmen will be back to work onthe Monday we return from spring break. Iwould like to leave with this, a quote frommy husband,“A sign of a true leader is nothow many followers one has, but howmany leaders one creates.” GSES is filledwith many wonderful teacher leaders andstudent leaders who have been given theseopportunities to lead by principal SonyaHemmen.
Kelli and Chris McPhersonNew Castle
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One recent weekendwe ate waffles and, asusual, there were a fewremaining when we fin-ished. I can’t bear throw-ing out edible food, butcold, dried-out wafflesjust aren’t that appetiz-ing. So I got creative andmade something I neverhad before. It turned outgreat, as have many othernon-traditional uses ofvarious leftovers. Youmight resolve to throwout almost nothing andgive some thought tonovel uses for yourscraps.
First, we should ad-dress the stigma of “left-overs.” I was surprised tolearn that some otherwisesensible people do not eat
leftovers at all.They were raised that way and usually can’tidentify the precise basis for this wasteful policy beyond avague apprehension that leftovers may not be healthy orsocially acceptable.
Many others do eat leftovers, but only within a rigid, ar-bitrary timeframe, like 24 to 48 hours. They fear that ter-rible things are growing in those treasures and opt to
throw out perfectly good food.Growing up, my family tested leftovers by eye and nose.
If something looked and smelled OK, it was good to eat.We all survived that habit, and our immune systems areprobably better for it. Leftovers rock.
With the waffles, I decided to make bread pudding. I’vedone that before with extra doughnuts, dinner rolls andvarious other pastries. Break the waffles or other leftoversinto about 1-inch pieces. Estimate the volume of what youhave. Then make a custard mix in approximately that vol-ume, using a ratio of four eggs to two cups of milk to onecup of sugar. In other words, if you think you have twocups of pastry pieces, you’ll want a total of around twocups of custard mix, so use two eggs, one cup of milk andhalf a cup of sugar.
Mix that well and pour it over the waffle pieces. If youwish, toss in some chopped fruits or nuts and a teaspoonof vanilla. Select a baking dish or pie pan such that the mixwill be between one and two inches thick. Bake at 350 de-grees for around 40 minutes, or until it’s puffed and goldenbrown and doesn’t jiggle when you gently tap the top. Ilike to dust it with powdered sugar and serve right fromthe oven. If there are any leftovers of this leftover left overthey’re great at room temperature or warmed in the mi-crowave.
You may be smarter than I and may not have cookedtoo many waffles or pancakes, but may still have leftoverbatter. I do that, too. Rather than throwing it away, trymaking one of my favorite desserts, a French classic calledclafouti. This is nothing more than pancake or waffle bat-ter poured over fresh fruit, originally cherries, and baked.
It comes out as a nice puffy cake with fruit. The Frenchtypically use non-pitted cherries and consider it a matter ofpride to eat this without breaking a tooth. In addition tocherries, pitted and not, I’ve used red grapes, mango, peachand various other fruits.
If your batter has been sitting around for more than afew hours, the leavening power of the baking powderand/or soda will have fizzled. Before reusing, mix togethera teaspoon of baking powder and water or milk and stirthis into the batter.
I often expand just about any amount of leftover meatinto a pasta dish. If I have leftover rice, it becomes “some-thing and rice.” Here your imagination can go wild, incor-porating other things you may find in the fridge. And thiscan be a one-pan dish, making for easy cleanup.
While penne, macaroni, or just about any other shapeof pasta is boiling, cut the cooked chicken, pork, roast beef,steak, or whatever into bite-size pieces. Dice a few table-spoons of onion, maybe a little garlic, and some bell pep-per if you have it.
When the pasta is done, pour it into a strainer and wipeout the remaining water from the pan before returning itto the burner with a tablespoon or so of oil. Sauté the veg-etables then toss in the meat and heat it. Add the drainedpasta and season it with salt, pepper, and any herbs youlike. Grate in a tablespoon or two of Parmesan, Asiago, orother hard cheese and stir around until melted. Garnishwith chopped parsley or cilantro if you wish.
If you’re using rice, first cook the onion and other veg-etables, then stir in the rice and meat and proceed as above.It may not be a free lunch, but it’s pretty close!
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About now, if you’re not aspring skier enjoying the upperslopes or a tax consultant, youmight be running out of waysto while away the early daysof spring while you’re waitingfor the mud to dry. Don’t getme wrong. I complain not.Mud means there’s water. Anyis better than none.
But my personal favorite brand of escapism comes be-tween the sheets – I’m a book lover. By the same token,give me a good flick, comfy seating and plenty of pop-corn, and I’m all for kicking back and letting the fantas-tical heroes of the day on the big screen carry me off intothe sunset.
When it was called “picture show!”Maybe it’s this soupy weather or the recent loss of a leg-
endary female Hollywood icon, or that the Mt. Sopris His-torical Society is featuring the 1948 film, “Red Stallion ofthe Rockies,” that got me to wax both curious and nostal-gic about movies that feature our local valley. So here wego: an old-time movie marathon!
Once again, where would I find this fun information?Off to the Mt. Sopris Historical Society Museum whereExecutive Director Linda Criswell pointed me upstairs tothe theater display.
Turns out we have another Colorado 14er status here:the number of movies made to date in the Crystal and
Roaring Fork Valleys. Who’sseen ’em all or even knewthere were so many? I betthough, if you start watchingthem today, before you knowit spring will have sprungand we’ll all be frolicking atthe park on Dandelion Day!
Who remembers the Sher-wood Theater?An interview with Cleone “Conie” Oliverin the MSHS files refers to the first movie theater in Car-bondale on the east end of Main Street. When Cleone wasa child in the early 1900s it was located next to the meatmarket and named the Sherwood Theater.
“I remember my mother sending me down with twenty-five cents to get a soup bone, and we had enough soup andenough meat for the five of us for dinner, and the nextbuilding [351 Main Street] was a picture show, and my,how we saved our pennies to go to the picture show! I can’tremember what it cost, not very much (a dime), it’s whereKenny’s drug store is,” Cleone was quoted saying in 1973.
She explained that R.L. Sherwood owned both the meatmarket and the picture show.
“They [the Sherwood family] didn’t really get the goodpictures, like sometimes, somebody would take us to Glen-wood to see the really good picture[s] but at least we knewwhat was going on in the world.”
Today any bad actors hanging around this place willmost likely be well-known locals seated at what is nowthe Pour House bar presided over by Skip Bell.
So they didn’t get an OscarBut there’ve been more good movies
(or at least movies that featured big-nameactors) made around here than I thought.
“The Runaway Stage Coach” and“The Great Bear Hunt” were among theearliest movies filmed in the area. Theywere shot in 1902 and 1909, respectively.
“The Great Bear Hunt” was filmedafter Theodore Roosevelt spent somequality hunting time around GlenwoodSprings in 1904 and 1905. His Presiden-tial hunting camp was the Hotel Col-orado, and scenes were shot in GlenwoodCanyon. Roosevelt reportedly loved it somuch that he went back to Washingtonand eventually signed the declaration tocreate White River National Forest.
Two silent films were made down inGlenwood Canyon in 1926:“The Canyonof Light” and “The Great K & A TrainRobbery,” and both featured TomMix. “The Great K & A” can be seen atthe Frontier Historical Society museum inGlenwood Springs.
A 60s ContenderIt wasn’t until I chanced upon a film
from 1962 that I personally recognizedany actors’ names besides’ol Mr. Mix. Re-viewed as an intense movie, “PressurePoint” with Sidney Poitier and BobbyDarin became Darin’s ticket to the CannesFilm Festival and Golden Globe Awardsas Best Actor for his performance. It wassaid at the time that he should have re-ceived an Oscar. He was but 25.
“Vanishing Point,” released in 1970,was a fast-paced flick for the day. A char-acter named Kowalski works for a car
delivery service and has to take a 1970 Dodge Challengerfrom Colorado to California. One review called it a culthit, and it also featured Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger andCharlotte Rampling.
In 1980, “A Change of Seasons” with Anthony Hop-kins and Bo Derek produced this telling quote, “She maybe 20 and gorgeous, but I have not yet begun to fight.”Don’t mess with Shirley MacLaine. She’ll go astral on ya.
A dark story, “PK and the Kid,” was filmed In Glen-wood Springs in 1982 but not released until 1987 after thefemale lead, Mollie Ringwald, starred in “Sixteen Can-dles.”
“Messenger of Death” was a Charles Bronson thrillerabout a Mormon family massacre.’ Nuf said.
Dennis Hopper and Kieffer Sutherland starred in“Flashback’ which was filmed in 1989. A clean-cut FBIman John Buckner [Sutherland] is detailed to escort heav-ily bearded Huey Walker [Hopper] back to jail for offensesdating back to his days as a hippie radical. Probably a lotof locals of that time could relate.
What’s with all the drama?It was not until 1995 that a warm, fuzzy, happy film,
“Tall Tales” was filmed up here. I’m thinking it was not socoincidental that the filming happened along the quiet,beautiful upper Crystal River at Filoha Meadows. Rem-nants of a stage set and waterwheel can still be seen todayoff Highway 133.
Ron Miller, a long-time Marble resident, worked forfive weeks with the film crew that fall. Ron said, “Besidescovering guard rails and telephone poles with camouflage,I had to sprinkle $10,000 worth of plastic flowers in themeadow.”
Since 2000, at least two movies have been released thatwere filmed in part locally: “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” withBrad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and“The Prestige”with HughJackman. The latter was filmed at the Darien ranch andmeadow just outside of Marble.
The Frontier Historical Society provided all of the in-formation on the movies mentioned above. Maybe thosementions will whet your appetite and you’ll order saidmovies via your favorite movie rental resource today soyou can play, “where’s that place?”
Or, better yet, if you’d just love to come out and meetother local history and movie buffs, come see“Red Stallionof the Rockies” at 7 p.m. on April 13 at the River ValleyRanch barn, compliments of Mt. Sopris Historical Society.
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The Roaring Fork and Crystal River valleys have been thesetting for more than a few movies over the decades, andCarbondale has been home to at least a couple theaters.These chairs were once part of the Sherwood Theatre, lo-cated on the east end of Main Street in the early 1900s.The playbills list the big shows of the 1980s on the Crys-tal Theatre's silver screen.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held before the Car-bondale Planning and Zoning Commission for the purpose of considering theadoption of an ordinance which would amend Chapter 18 (Zoning Districts) of theCarbondale Municipal Code. The proposed ordinance would affect the location,zoning and establish conditions of operation of Commercial Medical MarijuanaFacilities as defined in the Ordinance. Conditions to be considered will be al-lowed locations in zone districts and will specifically include restrictions and re-quirements for operation of such facilities.
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Roaring Fork catcher Jake Strack-Loertscher (left) takes a throw before making the tag during last Saturday’s dou-bleheader sweep against Grand Valley (18-8 and 15-0). Alex Rascon (right) pitched a complete game. Clay Gross threwa five-inning no hitter in the second game. The Rams are 3-2 for the season and travel to Gunnison for a doubleheaderon April 2. Photos by Lynn Burton
